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SPEAKING
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PART 1
Family life
• There are five of us in my family: me, my two sisters and my parents. I’m quite
close to my parents but I am probably closest to my eldest sister because we
are of a similar age.
• I don’t spend as much time as I would like with my family because some of us
have moved to different cities, and we are all busy with jobs or studies; this
means that we don’t always have the time to travel long distances and meet up
on a regular basis.
• We always gather together on specific holidays or if there is an event to
celebrate in the family. These gatherings are always enjoyable, perhaps because
we see each other less now than we used to, so we have a lot to talk about.
• Sometimes we go to museums or look round historic buildings, but usually we
go out to dinner together somewhere.
• Although I don’t argue with them as much as I did when we were younger, we
do still argue — and mostly about silly things like whose turn it is to watch TV, or
who forgot to do the washing-up.
PART 2

Newspaper article
• article in the newspaper yesterday
• discovery of a 30mm rock that contained 30,000 very tiny diamonds
• had a good headline — intriguing
• interesting because: interested in geology; diamonds discovered are
individual tiny diamonds, not one large diamond, which is very unusual

I read the national paper every morning on my way to work, and I came across
an interesting news article there yesterday morning. It concerned the discovery
of a 30mm rock which actually contained 30,000 individual, tiny diamonds. With
so many articles in the paper, I don’t have the time to read all of them; I usually
decide from the headlines whether or not it will interest me. I read this article
because it had an intriguing headline which made me want to learn more about
the discovery. For me, this article was particularly interesting because I have long
been fascinated by geology — and I know that the fact that so many tiny diamonds
formed individually within this rock rather than forming one large diamond is
highly unusual.
PART 3

The media as a source of information
• In my opinion, the primary purpose of the media is to improve social awareness.
They help people engage with social issues and open their eyes to the wider
world. The role of the media is, therefore, one of great significance and
responsibility; they are relied on by many people to keep them informed of
current events.

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